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Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - American Pendulum I

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Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.

This story comes from the second season of Radiolab's spin-off podcast, More Perfect. To hear more, subscribe <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolabmoreperfect/">here</a>.
What happens when the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, seems to get it wrong? Korematsu v. United States is a case that’s been widely denounced and discredited, but it still remains on the books. This is the case that upheld President Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of American citizens during World War II based solely on their Japanese heritage, for the sake of national security. In this episode, we follow Fred Korematsu’s path to the Supreme Court, and we ask the question: if you can’t get justice in the Supreme Court, can you find it someplace else?
 The key voices:
<ul>
Fred Korematsu, plaintiff in Korematsu v. United States who resisted evacuation orders during World War II.
<a href="http://www.korematsuinstitute.org/karen-korematsu/">Karen Korematsu</a>, Fred’s daughter, Founder & Executive Director of Fred T. Korematsu Institute
Ernest Besig, ACLU lawyer who helped Fred Korematsu bring his case
<a href="https://law.seattleu.edu/faculty/profiles/lorraine-bannai">Lorraine Bannai</a>, Professor at Seattle University School of Law and friend of Fred's family
Richard Posner, recently retired Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
</ul>
 The key cases:
<ul>
1944: <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/323us214">Korematsu v. United States</a>
</ul>
 The key links:
<ul>
<a href="http://www.korematsuinstitute.org/fred-t-korematsu-lifetime/">Fred T. Korematsu Institute</a>
<a href="https://densho.org/archives/">Densho Archives</a>
</ul>
Additional music for this episode by The Flamingos, Lulu, <a href="https://bridgerecords.com/pages/paul-lansky">Paul Lansky</a> and <a href="http://austinvaughnmusic.com/">Austin Vaughn</a>.
 Special thanks to the Densho Archives for use of archival tape of Fred Korematsu and Ernest Besig.
 Leadership support for More Perfect is provided by The Joyce Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation.
Supreme Court archival audio comes from <a href="https://www.oyez.org/">Oyez®</a>, a free law project in collaboration with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell.

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